Friday, July 31, 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Pen and Ink


This is a pen and ink drawing mainly of the boy who is taken from an old photo I have. I have drawn this kid a few times and never got him like I wanted, what I see in the picture. In the photo he looks like a tough little b**$#ard leaning against the pole but I'm not getting that from my drawing, something in the stance is wrong. Oh well, I'll keep working on it and maybe you'll see this kid again.

We went to a wedding Saturday, my wifes niece. It was held on a golf course, something I'm sure happens every day but I've never heard of it , probably because I don't golf and avoid weddings as much as possible. Kind of put me in mind of Gerald Ford ( I think he was the one always beaning people with golf balls, wasn't he?) It turned out fine, nobody got beaned, didn't even hear anyone yell four! and the couple are nice people and will have a good life together.

Friday, July 24, 2009

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Old Drawing


This is something I did last year, maybe the year before. It was supposed to be in the "never to be seen again drawer" I mentioned but somehow it had escaped so I figure it wanted to be posted which is convenient as I had nothing else I really wanted to post today

The drawing is a little "different" but if I had anything in mind when I did it I've forgotten what it was.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Progress misses


This structure is across from a fairly large shopping center and next to a major thoroughfare, not sure who the land belongs to. Just my impression of the building done after comming home, something I pass often and mean to get some pictures of as reference before it gets torn down but never do. Maybe the land is park district or something, that could protect it as the land is of course valuable enough that this survival is unusual.

Monday, July 20, 2009

1920's Girl


As often the case my model is a girl from a vintage photo in my collection. I didn't do her justice, she was quite pretty honest. No matter as she doesn't complain and can hold the pose forever so I can try again. This in pen and ink with Neocolor and a bit of watercolor pencil.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Barn one more time


This drawing was headed for the never to be seen again drawer where by all rights it should be but after posting yesterday I was watching television and had all these watercolor pencils laying about on the table ( I never put anything away, just ask my wife) So anyway the barn got a coat of color and here it is once more. It might even show up again as I have some thoughts about opaque watercolors I have laying around somewhere.

We cooked out again today, enough for a week of meals but it wont last that long, such a glutton I am but once again I swear food is just better when it's cooked outside. Stop by for a brat or a dog before I eat them all.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

1920 Barn


Drawing in sepia pen from an old photo in my collection, largely embellished of course. I love old barns, something that around here at least are harder to find every day or at least you have to travel a little further to find them. All the land they sit on is too valuable now to let sit dormant. When I was a kid it seemed like they were everywhere. Aint progress wonderful.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Feathers


Second post here today so look under this one also. I had scanned this one awhile ago and then decided I didn't like it so wasn't going to show anyone. Thinking about it today though I realize I have posted plenty of stuff I didn't like and sure wasn't proud of. It's kind of a strategy, post drawings that are pretty bad and then when I put up a good one people say " wow, he's really getting better."

Doodles




You might think that after not posting anything for ten days I could come up with something better then a couple of doodles from my sketchbook but you would be wrong. Some days, weeks, months whatever just go like that, plenty of drawing and nothing worth posting. (not that this is but don't want my few readers to go away) If you draw or write or do anything I'm sure you know those times come where you do nothing but fill the wastebasket :).


The wife and I went to see the new Harry Potter movie yesterday. I like the movies, in fact think it's a great series. Love the graphic effects in all of them and the story has been good and seeing the kids grow up through it all makes it all the better. This one wasn't my favorite although again the characters are growing up and we see romantic interests developing. I won't say anymore about it as I don't want to ruin anyones experience.


My wife is the Harry expert here. She has read all the books, probably twice and seen the movies more then that. She kind of ruins it for me as she had filled me in on what would happen before we ever thought about going. She also spends hours telling me how the movies do not follow the books and what is left out and changed and this and that, things I don't care much about. I do intend to read the books sometime but always seem to have something else to do. (besides we have mostly the pocket sized books and being closing in on sixty now I tend to fall asleep after reading small print for more then five or ten minutes.) Takes me about a month to read the average book anymore.


The doodles here were on the way back on the surprise trip to Target where she just ran in to pay her bill. An hour later I had done these and a bunch others. I always take a sketch book or magazine or something when we leave the house as there is always a surprise stop that will just take a few minutes.


I do have another drawing scanned that I wasn't going to post but if this uploads soon I will. Also have two new posts on the other blog if you feel like looking.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Urban Cartoon Pen and Ink


Maybe not one of my proudest efforts at drawing but something I had fun doing so I'm going to share it. It does at least get me away from the head and shoulder rut I was in for posting like I said I wanted to. There wasn't any reference, just something that started out of the head. I do like streetcars so am always trying to draw them but never come up with anything I like a whole lot.

It was hard to concentrate finishing this up as in the next room the wife and grandson ( same one with the watermelon) are in the next room playing some video game. It's like listening to two little kids arguing. I did go in once and tell them if they couldn't play nice together that he would have to go home or maybe both should do some corner time. It's mostly him of course although the games are my wife's obsession but they get so serious about it it's scary.

Summer seems to have came and went, one week of heat and now it's kind of like fall, nice and cool, most definitely not complaining, I like it like this as long as it doesn't mean an early winter.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Princess


Wanted to get away from the head and shoulder thing but was a little busy the last few days and this is about all I have to post at the moment.

I hope everyone had a good and safe fourth of July. Our's was relatively good, the relatively all the inlaws that gathered here to celabrate as I mentioned before. Things went pretty well, no injuries to report and the after incident damage list is small compared to past years.

In the past I have grilled but this year the wife decided to get catering. I would guess the cost was about the same and certainly less work for yours truly. I do like to cook on the grill but not for large crowds. The catering actually led to the only two near injuries we had. We had some of the food staged in the garage part of it being a large bag of Kaiser rolls. When the wife went to get them they were nowhere to be seen so of course she called me to look. I went out and searched for like twenty minutes ( I had seen them there that day, knew they were there) I had also seen my grandson and his cousin out there earlier, had chased them out of the garage in fact as they were rearanging the whole garage and making a mess. So when I went in to search the house I asked the boys if they had done something with the rolls to which they looked up innocently at me and said " why no, what Kaiser rolls?"

Such two little angelic faces you have never seen so why would I doubt them so anyway after a ten minute search of the house I went back to the garage along with one of my brother in laws and made another good twenty minute search there. Again we came up empty and I'm not sure who it was that asked did we check the dryer or why they would think to but of course that where the rolls were along with a watermelon that we had not yet known was missing. Turns out of course the grandson and cousin thought it might be funny to hide the rolls and melon in the dryer. I'm sure it was to them and lucky I have entered into a non violent stage of life . Ghandi would be proud, don't think they even got yelled at, not by me anyway although I admit for a minute I thought about putting them in the dryer for a ten minute tumble ( on low heat of course, I'm not a monster)
Anyway the day went well, early sprinkles left and the Village fireworks were exploded, people ate and talked and went home and the day after we're left with a lot of leftovers and a fairly quiet house. Hope yours was at least as good.